(November 19, 1942 / San Francisco)

poet Sharon Olds
#64 on top 500 poets
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The Unborn

Sometimes I can almost see, around our heads,
Like gnats around a streetlight in summer,
The children we could have,
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  • Bolah Lawal (12/5/2012 1:29:00 PM)

    Touchingly sad, i like the imagery effect! Nice piece! ! !

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  • Terry M (11/30/2012 1:52:00 PM)

    For some reason I feel there is more to the poem that you didn't write, but then I have been wrong many times. Any one who reads your poem will be more thoughtful of motherhood. Thanks for sharing it with us all.

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  • Earl Spencer (11/29/2012 8:10:00 PM)

    Very moving great depth, thank you

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  • Simon Collins (5/4/2012 5:15:00 AM)

    Your writing is as good as Viola Grey's, you are an inspiration, thank you

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  • Ray Schreiber (9/24/2011 2:54:00 PM)

    Your writing is so good it gives me chills.

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  • Michael Gale (2/11/2010 9:45:00 PM)

    Yes, yet this piece somewhat seems to hint at or reminds us and man and woman, that in the end, Abortion is an anti-Christian sin and act, perpetrated by the thoughtless, bad.

    God bless us all-MJG.

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  • Bill Grace (1/28/2009 1:01:00 AM)

    Thank you! Bill Grace

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  • L. K. Thayer (12/25/2007 4:47:00 AM)

    The Dead Letter Office...striking, rich and scenic

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  • Perfection Is Flawed (5/28/2006 4:23:00 AM)

    Forgotten, but not quite. A beautifully blurred portrayal of children that will never be, the desperation for the smallest sliver of life. Enjoyed.

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